From coin-toss wins to epic Anfield games and a suspicious night in Italy, this is the story of Liverpool’s first European odyssey
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In a litany of Liverpool legends, while Phil Neal is the most decorated, he is arguably the one that remains the most understated, too
“More European football is good for the game”: the evolution of the European Cup and what comes next
Football may have changed since Silvio Berlusconi’s crusades in the 1980s, but the changes that he forced through transformed the game into a commodity
Widely considered one of the greatest attacking talents in history, Raymond Kopa led Stade de Reims and Real Madrid to unprecedented heights
Long before Belgium’s ascent in modern football, they boasted two of Europe’s greatest teams featuring some of the continent’s finest talents
With Raymond Kopa leading the charge, Stade de Reims were a true force of football – but they’d fall agonisingly short in changing the course of history
When talking about the greatest managers in history, Ernst Happel has done everything to join the discussion, a true pioneer of football at Feyenoord
In 1955, Scottish outfit Hibernian heralded a new era in British football by becoming the first team to play in the newly-formed European Cup
Football’s original Battle of Britain, when Leeds met Celtic in the 1970 European Cup semi-final, it was a tie that would go down in legend
This feature is part of Virtuoso It was Andy Warhol who conceived the concept of 15 minutes of fame. According to the art icon, everyone at some point would have theirs. The…
On 30 May 1973, Ajax beat Juventus 1-0 in front of 89,000 people at the Marakana in Belgrade to win their third consecutive European Cup. Johnny Rep’s fifth-minute header was enough to…
The Dutch have a long-standing love affair with football. Glancing through the annals of footballing history, it is impossible to avoid moments of Dutch majesty. Dennis Bergkamp’s impudent turn and finish for…
Helenio Herrera glanced out of the window across the pitches at Internazionale’s training ground in Appiano Gentile, the picturesque venue located 40km north-west of Milan in Como. Life was good for the…
How the 1974 European Cup final set Bayern Munich and Atlético Madrid on different paths for decades
A small event, like a goal scored, can have a profound effect on the future. The butterfly effect, while a theory in physics, has come to stand as a metaphor for life…
This feature is part of Duology Alan Hansen and Mark Lawrenson’s union in the centre of defence for the all-conquering Liverpool of the 1980s was so hypnotic that time has managed to…
This feature is part of Duology The authoritative magazine on all matters football, World Soccer, with its pool of renowned expert correspondents, can be relied upon to settle the majority of arguments…
I’m sat in Warsaw waiting for my connection home as part of a five-day odyssey by road to watch Liverpool lose in the European Cup final to Real Madrid. In fact, due…
THIS SEASON the Champions League has thrilled fans, with the traditional big boys strutting their stuff bolstered by a litany of world-class stars. Teams from Eastern Europe have again fallen by the…